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Contributing Pastors

Christian Becker
Pastor Becker leads First Brethren Church and is "married to my college sweetheart and we have four children and five grandchildren".
Robert Fetterhoff
Born in Jackson, MS. Married to Roxanne since 1976. Has 2 children: Kristin and Kara. Saved since 1958. He pastors in Wooster, OH.
Jerry Shirley
Jerry and Kimberly Shirley accepted the Senior Pastor position at GBC on Jerry's 31st birthday in 2001. They have been in full-time ministry since 1991. They have 3 children: Jacob, and twins Aaron and Alyssa.
Jack Peters
Pastor Jack Peters has been a minister of the Gospel since December of 1975. Born in Paterson and raised in Wayne, New Jersey, he and Dottie enjoy living in the country and sharing life with the folks at Mount Union Bible Church.
Bob Combs
Pastor Bob is a mentor, a friend and a leader of leaders.
Rich Schnieders
Pastor Rich is both a Pastor and Detective with the county sheriff's office and has generously shared with our site.
John Shore
John is an excellent writer with a number of well acclaimed books. If you see his work, you won't stop reading!
Dave Burchett
Emmy Award winning television sports director, author, and Christian speaker. Author of When Bad Christians Happen to Good People and Bring'em Back Alive: A Healing Plan for those Wounded by the Church.
Gerrard Fess
A unique Canadian writer (meaning I like his blog, it's weird like me) from Hagerstown, MD.
Kary Oberbrunner
Pastor of Discipleship at Grace Church, Powell, OH.

March 20, 2009

The Small Church Pastor - Needed Encouragement and Focus

Pastoring a small church? Take the time to read BOTH the article and the responses! LINK

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March 18, 2009

A Statement of Personal Pastoral Commitment

Chuck Swindoll posted on his blog a short but pointed statement that helped me: LINK

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Reviews of VBS Curricula for 2009

CT put out an interesting review of curricula available for VBS this summer. It is informative and may help you decide what to purchase if you are going to do one. LINK

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What is President Obama's proposal for limiting tax deductible contributions?

If you have wealthy donors in the church, the proposal has an impact. This is not a political itrade, just a careful explanation of the proposal: LINK

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March 11, 2009

When Success Comes to a Pastor

I thought these few words summed up much in the pros and cons: LINK

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Some Pastors struggle with how "real" web communication is...

If you don't know how valuable your website, etc. is for church growth and connectivity, it is interesting to read about what happened when the phone first came into use! LINK

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